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Volume CIV, Number 35
University of Southern California
Wednesday, March 2, 1988
Women should not be satisfied, panel says
By Shannon Rafferty
Staff Writer
Women must band together to battle the growing complacency surrounding feminist issues, panelists warned at the concluding session of the three-day national conference "Wom-
Womcn, Men and Media:
Breakthroughs and Backlash
A Conference
See related story on page 3.
en, Men and Media: Breakthroughs and Backlash."
About 200 people gathered in Bovard Auditorium to hear an eight-woman, two-man panel outline new battle techniques to continue promoting sexual equality, in a new era that many panelists said they believed ignored women's potential as workers.
“We need to help each other like men do," said Marlene Sanders, a news correspondent and anchor, in her summary of the sessions. "The room at the top is now a bachelor pad and the issue is how are we going to make it co-ed.
"Underneath our charms, our smiles and our talents lies an anger that needs to be harnessed and used so meetings like these will end in our lifetime," she added.
Panelist Marsha Kinder, professor of criticism in the School of Cinema, said she saw definite signs of progress in the media's portrayal of women.
She cited the show "Cagney and Lacy" as one positive example, but blamed many popular movies as being "two-faced." Specific movies appear refresh-(Continued on page 12)
JIMMY LEE / DAILY TROJAN
Gary David Goldberg, producer of “Family Ties,” tells fellow television producers Terry Louise Fisher (“L.A. Law”) and Georgia Jeffries (“Cagney and Lacey”) during Tuesday afternoon’s session: “It’s time for women to move into more powerful and less glamorous roles.” See story, page 3.
Professor’s study determines success of ‘morning after pill’
By Kathleen Berry
Staff Writer
JIMMY LEE / DAILY TROJAN
USC researcher Dr. Daniel Mishell conducted tests of the highly effective — and highly controversial — abortion-inducing drug RU-486.
The only American study of the "morning after pill," the abortion-inducing drug that is reshaping the abortion debate in this country-, was recently completed by a professor at the university's School of Medicine.
"It's a very useful drug that should be made available to women," said Dr. Daniel Mishell, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, who conducted the three-year study of the drug RU-486 at the Women's Hospital on the university's Health Sciences campus.
The study, which ’tested about 300 women who were between five and six weeks pregnant with a combination of drug doses, found that the pill had a high success rate and could induce abortions in women up to six weeks after conception.
"We had an 80 to 85 percent success rate depending on the stage of pregnancy," Mishell said. "It's not 100 percent successful, but it could be.
"As a gynecologist, it's a safer way of terminating pregnancy."
But opponents of abortion are blocking the drug's sale in the United States by threatening to boycott pharmaceutical companies if any one of them tries to sell abortion-inducing drugs.
Upjohn, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, stopped research in 1985 on drugs to induce abortion or prevent pregnancy after it was boycotted for two years by the National Right to
(Continued on page 12)
Candidates consider ‘problem’ Row parties
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
The advantages and disadvantages of all-Row parties dominated the debate among Greek senatorial candidates Tuesday night, as some candidates asserted that Row parties are too wild and cause too much damage.
"We've got a serious problem with all-Row parties," said candidate Chad Nammack. "The university has taken the position of no large-scale alcohol parties.
"We need to put some guidelines down, better policing. I don't know if the Row was designed for all-Row parties. Fraternity partying has no place anymore," he said.
As an alternative to having the parties on the Row, Nammack suggested moving them to a downtown nightclub, such as Vertigo.
Candidate Edward Konjoyan said moving all-Row parties off the Row would cause serious problems.
"I'm not so sure having a party at Vertigo and having people driving after three or four drinks is a good idea," he said.
"We need to make rules and we all have to be careful that the rules are enforced" at all-Row parties, said another candidate, Matthew Rifat.
Another candidate, Dan Molina, suggested having the parties sponsored by more than one house and blocking off the street so that they could make sure no one under 21 drinks alcohol.
He also suggested checking students' identification before they enter the Row. Those people who could prove they were over 21 would get a hand stamp to allow them to have alcohol.
The candidates also dealt with the issue of how to make sure that senators stay in touch with their constituencies.
"By and large, when you talk about the senate, it acts by itself," Nammack said. "Students need to know what's up. A newsletter is one way to go."
Brad Walters, another candidate, said many senators don't try hard enough to stay in touch with their constituencies.
"A lot of it has to do with whether the senator is going up and down the Row asking his constituency," he said.
Nine out of 10 Greek senator candidates appeared at the debate,
(Continued on page 12)'

trojan
Volume CIV, Number 35
University of Southern California
Wednesday, March 2, 1988
Women should not be satisfied, panel says
By Shannon Rafferty
Staff Writer
Women must band together to battle the growing complacency surrounding feminist issues, panelists warned at the concluding session of the three-day national conference "Wom-
Womcn, Men and Media:
Breakthroughs and Backlash
A Conference
See related story on page 3.
en, Men and Media: Breakthroughs and Backlash."
About 200 people gathered in Bovard Auditorium to hear an eight-woman, two-man panel outline new battle techniques to continue promoting sexual equality, in a new era that many panelists said they believed ignored women's potential as workers.
“We need to help each other like men do," said Marlene Sanders, a news correspondent and anchor, in her summary of the sessions. "The room at the top is now a bachelor pad and the issue is how are we going to make it co-ed.
"Underneath our charms, our smiles and our talents lies an anger that needs to be harnessed and used so meetings like these will end in our lifetime," she added.
Panelist Marsha Kinder, professor of criticism in the School of Cinema, said she saw definite signs of progress in the media's portrayal of women.
She cited the show "Cagney and Lacy" as one positive example, but blamed many popular movies as being "two-faced." Specific movies appear refresh-(Continued on page 12)
JIMMY LEE / DAILY TROJAN
Gary David Goldberg, producer of “Family Ties,” tells fellow television producers Terry Louise Fisher (“L.A. Law”) and Georgia Jeffries (“Cagney and Lacey”) during Tuesday afternoon’s session: “It’s time for women to move into more powerful and less glamorous roles.” See story, page 3.
Professor’s study determines success of ‘morning after pill’
By Kathleen Berry
Staff Writer
JIMMY LEE / DAILY TROJAN
USC researcher Dr. Daniel Mishell conducted tests of the highly effective — and highly controversial — abortion-inducing drug RU-486.
The only American study of the "morning after pill," the abortion-inducing drug that is reshaping the abortion debate in this country-, was recently completed by a professor at the university's School of Medicine.
"It's a very useful drug that should be made available to women," said Dr. Daniel Mishell, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, who conducted the three-year study of the drug RU-486 at the Women's Hospital on the university's Health Sciences campus.
The study, which ’tested about 300 women who were between five and six weeks pregnant with a combination of drug doses, found that the pill had a high success rate and could induce abortions in women up to six weeks after conception.
"We had an 80 to 85 percent success rate depending on the stage of pregnancy," Mishell said. "It's not 100 percent successful, but it could be.
"As a gynecologist, it's a safer way of terminating pregnancy."
But opponents of abortion are blocking the drug's sale in the United States by threatening to boycott pharmaceutical companies if any one of them tries to sell abortion-inducing drugs.
Upjohn, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, stopped research in 1985 on drugs to induce abortion or prevent pregnancy after it was boycotted for two years by the National Right to
(Continued on page 12)
Candidates consider ‘problem’ Row parties
By Michael Lambert
Staff Writer
The advantages and disadvantages of all-Row parties dominated the debate among Greek senatorial candidates Tuesday night, as some candidates asserted that Row parties are too wild and cause too much damage.
"We've got a serious problem with all-Row parties," said candidate Chad Nammack. "The university has taken the position of no large-scale alcohol parties.
"We need to put some guidelines down, better policing. I don't know if the Row was designed for all-Row parties. Fraternity partying has no place anymore," he said.
As an alternative to having the parties on the Row, Nammack suggested moving them to a downtown nightclub, such as Vertigo.
Candidate Edward Konjoyan said moving all-Row parties off the Row would cause serious problems.
"I'm not so sure having a party at Vertigo and having people driving after three or four drinks is a good idea," he said.
"We need to make rules and we all have to be careful that the rules are enforced" at all-Row parties, said another candidate, Matthew Rifat.
Another candidate, Dan Molina, suggested having the parties sponsored by more than one house and blocking off the street so that they could make sure no one under 21 drinks alcohol.
He also suggested checking students' identification before they enter the Row. Those people who could prove they were over 21 would get a hand stamp to allow them to have alcohol.
The candidates also dealt with the issue of how to make sure that senators stay in touch with their constituencies.
"By and large, when you talk about the senate, it acts by itself," Nammack said. "Students need to know what's up. A newsletter is one way to go."
Brad Walters, another candidate, said many senators don't try hard enough to stay in touch with their constituencies.
"A lot of it has to do with whether the senator is going up and down the Row asking his constituency," he said.
Nine out of 10 Greek senator candidates appeared at the debate,
(Continued on page 12)'